OREANDA-NEWS. The number of posts approved by Department of Expenditure in various Ministries / Departments in 2013-14 is 50346. The appointments against the posts approved by the Department of Expenditure are made by the Administrative Ministries / Departments.

No instructions seeking moratorium on Government recruitments have been issued.

To provide employment to the unemployed youth in the country, Government of India is implementing various public employment generation schemes like encouraging private sector of economy, fast tracking various projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes like Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) run by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation. In addition to the above public employment generation scheme, the Government is promoting labour intensive manufacturing and increasing employment opportunities by promoting tourism and agro – based industries.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Md. Badaruddoza Khan in the Lok Sabha today.